Alabama Department of Archives and History

Alabama Bronze Map

A Guide to the Images of the Bronze Map on the Lawn of the Alabama Department of Archives and History

46. Moundville Mississippian Indian Civilization, 1000-1450 A.D.

Moundville, Hale County

Eight hundred years ago Moundville may have been one of the largest cities in North America. People of the
Mississippian culture built an elaborate settlement here on the banks of the Black Warrior River with numerous large earthen mounds.